Aug 27 1970
From The Space Library
USAF launched USN's Oscar XIX navigation satellite from WTR at 6:23 am PDT by Scout booster. Orbital parameters: apogee, 1218.3 km (757 mi); perigee, 957.6 km (595 mi); period, 106.9 min; and inclination, 90°. Satellite, which could locate objects in ocean to 91-m (300 ft) accuracy, was part of Navy Navigation Satellite System for positioning fleet, ballistic-missile submarines, attack carriers, and oceanographic and miscellaneous vessels. Oscar XVIII had been launched March 1, 1968. (Pres Rpt 71; GSFC SSR, 8/31/70; USN CNO PAO)
Paul A. Volcker, Acting Secretary of the Treasury, clarified stand of Treasury Dept. on SST development in letter to Sen. John C. Stennis (D-Miss:), Chairman of Senate Appropriations Committee's Sub committee on Transportation: "When members of the [Treasury] Department first commented on this issue better than a year ago, the prevailing opinion was that the overall balance-of-payment effect would probably be negative, in the absence of a viable foreign competitive aircraft. Now... Concorde flight tests reportedly have been quite successful, and it appears likely that the British-French SST will be in commercial service by 1974. On this basis... balance-of-payments argument. . doses force." Potential balance-of-payments impact "supports the advisability of going forward with the U.S. SST." (Text)
ATA President Stuart G. Tipton testified on attitude of U.S. airlines toward SST development before Senate Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on Transportation: "Airline support of the SST re search program is bottomed on the belief that in the course of the prototype program, solutions to [SST's] problems will be found. The airlines have supported this belief in American ingenuity with over $50 million in risk capital. . . ." Airlines "will insist that these problems be solved before they will be ready to operate SST'S." (Testimony)
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